Hard to believe OSHA allows this in the modern era. Releasing the brakes on a steep spur, a worker roped in rides a coal gon under the loadout till full, then will ride it by gravity down to the m... (more)

In a heavy downpour, unit train 77G has just loaded the first cut of coal and is headed to the weigh in motion scales. NS always used six engines coming from John Sevier yard, loading and taking b... (more)

Striving for Clarks Gap on a Hill Run, U86 pushers are down to a crawl as they prepare to enter Tunnel 9 under the photographer. The WV hills are alive with color on the P-D.

After cutting the string of mtys in half and sending them to the loadout, an RJ Corman trainmaster heads back to the last half awaiting hookup. The forty-two mile branchline is owned by RJ Corman ... (more)

Fill 'er up. Fuel truck driver fills the hillhelper up just below North Kilsyth on the KD Sub. Over 200 gallons per minute will flow thru the giant nozzle before the tank is topped off.

Southbound K803 heads up the beginning of the Duff Mountain grade and will not need a helper today.

U85 pulling 21 cars after cutting in half just around the corner at Covel when the third engine back, the 2534, ran out of fuel on the Hill. The first cut is about to enter Garwood Tunnel, then ma... (more)

Dwarfing a gunite concrete crew relining the tunnel, NS 229 roars out of Nemo Tunnel into the final rays of sun, deep within the Emory River gorge.

Been doing this for thirty six years he said, and will retire in three. Don't blame him at all. The only mainline switchback in the country, Hagans Switchback, and a conduit for coal out of Harlan... (more)

Antler #2 has been completed as a result of the Heartland Corridor project. The shoulders have been notched and the ceiling has been raised. Compare to photo # 244810 for the progress made.

With an R.J. Corman crew manning the motors, leased power slowly creeps forward while being loaded at the National Coal Baldwin washer. Remnants of Hurrican Fay soaked everyone present for the day... (more)

Former SP unit and tunnel motor 8569, now doing work for R.J. Corman on the Loup Creek branch, is tied down at Mt. Hope. Note the steepness of the company spur.

Going in, going out. Powder River Basin coal leaves the rolling prarie as another unit train of mtys heads north to load.

In a torrential downpour, coal drag N214 blasts out of Morley tunnel and over a new bridge that's been installed over Hickory Creek. Work is still awaiting with the toilets and other gear laying a... (more)

A cable winching system or car mover is used to pull empty woodchip hoppers under the loadout, seen in the distance. The winch motors are housed in the yellow boxes on both sides of the tracks, wi... (more)